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Iowa pheasant population survey begins Aug. 1

• 7/30/2024 1:57:00 PM
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Pheasant hunters across the northern half of Iowa had an excellent season last year, and many are looking forward to what 2024 has in store.

Iowa pheasant population survey begins Aug. 1

• 7/25/2023 11:51:00 AM
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Pheasant hunters in the northern half of Iowa had an excellent season last year, and many are looking forward to what 2023 has in store. The fall forecast will be based on the Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) annual roadside pheasant counts, that begins Aug. 1.

Weather model forecasts bump in Iowa pheasant population

• 6/20/2023 2:24:00 PM
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Favorable winter and spring weather across much of Iowa is expected to benefit pheasant hunters this fall.

Pheasant survey predicts a repeat of last year’s excellent hunting for most of Iowa

• 8/30/2022 1:02:00 PM
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Results of Iowa’s 2022 pheasant population survey are in and the results were nearly identical to that of 2021, when hunters harvested the highest number of roosters in more than a decade.

Iowa pheasant population survey begins Aug. 1

• 7/26/2022 12:46:00 PM
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Iowa pheasant hunters had an excellent season last year, harvesting the most roosters since 2008, and many are looking forward to what 2022 has in store. That fall forecast will be based on the Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) annual roadside pheasant counts, that begins Aug. 1.

Open house to discuss Augusta Wildlife Area forest wildlife stewardship plan

• 8/5/2021 2:00:00 PM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will hold a public open house on August 18, from 8 to 10 a.m. at the Cottonwood Loop shelter house of the Welter Recreation Area, to discuss a proposed forest wildlife stewardship plan at the Augusta Wildlife Management Area (WMA).

Iowa pheasant population survey begins Aug. 1

• 7/28/2021 11:41:00 AM
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The impact that a cold and snowy Iowa winter and driest spring since 1994 had on pheasant nesting success will likely be seen when the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) conducts its annual roadside pheasant counts between Aug. 1-15.

Iowa pheasant survey results show popular game bird numbers up significantly

• 9/4/2020 9:42:00 AM
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Iowa’s recently completed annual pheasant survey is great news for hunters – statewide, Iowa averaged 20.2 birds per 30-mile route, up significantly from 2019, with six of the nine survey regions averaging more than 20 pheasants per route, the most since 2007.

Pheasant, quail, rabbit, dove and partridge harvest all down in 2019

• 8/25/2020 1:21:00 PM
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Pheasant hunters harvested nearly 284,000 roosters in Iowa during the 2019 season, which was the second highest harvest in the last decade. In 2018, hunters harvested an estimated 320,000 roosters.

Pheasant hunters hoping for a repeat of 2018 season

• 10/22/2019 3:40:00 PM
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Last year, Iowa pheasant hunters bagged more roosters than they had in the last decade. With that fresh in their memory, how will the 2019 pheasant season measure up?

Iowa pheasant population survey begins Aug. 1

• 7/23/2019 12:35:00 PM
• View Count 5187

The extent of impact that a cold and snowy late winter and heavy rains and flooding in April and May had on pheasant nesting success will likely be seen when the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) conducts its annual pheasant counts.